Harold and Leila Waffle photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1912-1918.

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Harold and Leila Waffle photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1912-1918.

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Views of Ruby, Pedro Creek, Dikeman, Fairbanks, Chena, Dome Creek, Flat, Iditarod, Kaltag, Long City, Fort Discovery City, and St. Michael. Subjects also include dog sled racing, riverboats and gold mining operations in Alaska. Basil Clemons is the predominant photographer; other photographers are unidentified.

125 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7789004

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Waffle, Harold.

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Pearl Slayton (birth name), cousin to Harold, gave the photographs to the Waffle family. According to the donor, she is in several of the photographs, not identified, however, and may have been married to Clemons at one time. Basil Edwin Clemons (1887-1964) came to Alaska in 1909 and photographed gold mining camps, Alaska Natives, sled dog racing, riverboats and other scenes. He joined the Army in Alaska and trained at Fort Liscum, also serving as the post photographer (PCA 276). He established ...

Clemons, Basil

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Basil Edwin Clemons (1887-1964) was born in Lauderdale County, Alabama, and raised in Alabama and Texas. In 1903 he moved to California, eventually becoming a photographer in Hollywood. In 1909 he traveled to Alaska, where he spent nearly a decade photographing gold mining camps, Alaska Natives, and dogsled races, particularly in the Ruby and Iditarod regions. During World War I he joined the Army and trained at Fort Liscum, near Valdez, Alaska. Following his discharge in 1918, he moved to Seatt...